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Introduction to Linux - A Hands on Guide

This guide was created as an overview of the Linux Operating System, geared toward new users as an exploration tour and getting started guide, with exercises at the end of each chapter.
For more advanced trainees it can be a desktop reference, and a collection of the base knowledge needed to proceed with system and network administration. This book contains many real life examples derived from the author's experience as a Linux system and network administrator, trainer and consultant. They hope these examples will help you to get a better understanding of the Linux system and that you feel encouraged to try out things on your own.

Please help Pat to release Ver 14.0 by Thursday. That way I'll have Friday to download and the while weekend to install and play.

Thursday Dec 20? Yes! Then you should have plenty of time.

I'm still worrying about the "jdk-7u7 crashing Firefox 15.0.1" problem, and about the invisible NetworkManager WiFi icon in KDE.
Although I know that they worked before the latest updates, I no longer have the old packages to revert to.

I won't be worrying about Firefox 15.0.1, I shall be compiling and installing 3.6.28. I did try Firefox 7 or 8 a while back and it crashed on me. Just the once and it shouldn't have. So I replaced it with 3.6.28. It works and no issues for me.

I also eagerly await the arrival of 14.0 so I can play with it to my hearts content over the weekend. Having tried other distros I find Slackware is my preferred one. It works, it's rock solid, it works out of the box.

I started using it back in the nineties when it came on a few floppies. There were boot and root disks and you had to configure your kernel and compile it. It was fun, even though I didn't really know what I was doing, but I learnt. Then I left it for a while, used a few other distros (and Windows) along the way then came back to Slackware, around version 7 or 8 I think. I have stuck with it ever since. Love it.

@dragonnefyre: 3.6.28 is not supported and hence not receiving security updates. I wouldn't run an unsupported browser, you are just asking for trouble. If you want an older Firefox you should consider 10.0.7esr.